Friday, July 31, 2009

Jewelry designer focuses on color

Rosemary Gilman to display her work in Sun Valley this weekend


By SABINA DANA PLASSE
Express Staff Writer

Rosemary Gilman’s one-of-a-kind necklaces will be featured at a trunk show at The Brass Ranch in Sun Valley this weekend. Photo by Sabina Dana Plasse

Sun Valley is a special haunt for many people. For jeweler Rosemary Gilman, her love affair with the area has endured for 20 years. Gilman, who spent most of her life living in New York City and now resides in Stonington, Conn., said her best friends are her friends in Sun Valley.

This weekend, Gilman will return to Sun Valley to show her work. She will host a cocktail reception today, July 31, at The Brass Ranch in Sun Valley from 5-7 p.m. and a trunk show Saturday, Aug. 1, and Sunday, Aug. 2, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

"I started doing jewelry four years ago," Gilman said. "These are handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces and recent designs."

Gilman is a former editor of Architectural Digest magazine. She was a well-known interior designer in New York City for several decades. At one point in her career, she was living in Sun Valley and working in Santa Fe, N.M. After trying her hand a pottery, she discovered jewelry.

"I came out to Sun Valley one summer years ago and for the entire summer took a different art class or seminar every week," she said. "I had the best summer of my life and met wonderful people. That summer, I established good friends who were mostly involved in the arts."

Gilman began her jewelry business through friends who told friends, which led to trunk shows. She has had shows in Newport, R.I., for the past several years.

The colored stones and gems Gilman chooses are the basis for her designs.

"I go to New York City and Europe to buy gemstones and crystals," Gilman said. "The pieces are very interesting but the one consistency in my design is my use of color. It is my background in decorating and the arts which makes me a jewelry designer. I love it and am obsessed with it."

This year's collection includes large and unique clasps that Gilman made by hand. She started doing metalwork a year ago and is excited to put it on display, she said.

For details, call 622-2021.

Sabina Dana Plasse: splasse@mtexpress.com




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